Moon May Not Be As Dead As We Thought

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Moon May Not Be As Dead As We Thought

Posted by timothy on Tuesday February 21, 2012 @04:19AM from the lunological-activity dept.

rivin2e writes "It would seem our neighbor, the moon, has something hidden below the surface. 'Images collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter hints the moon has probably seen tectonic activity within the last 50 million years.' It would appear from the article that the moon is changing a lot more than we think, even if it doesn't seem like it. I, for one, am still waiting for that big black obelisk to be dug up." From NASA's press release: "A team of researchers analyzing high-resolution images obtained by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) show small, narrow trenches typically much longer than they are wide. This indicates the lunar crust is being pulled apart at these locations. These linear valleys, known as graben, form when the moon's crust stretches, breaks and drops down along two bounding faults. A handful of these graben systems have been found across the lunar surface."

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the moon is growing by mestar · 2012-02-21 04:23 · Score: 3, Funny

It is obvious. The moon is growing.
1. Re:the moon is growing by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-21 04:35 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  It's not growing--something inside it is ready to burst out. This must be what the Mayans were talking about.
2. Re:the moon is growing by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-21 04:45 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  It's the First Angel, Adam.
  The Second Impact occurs 12 years later than we thought, but it's imminent.
3. Re:the moon is growing by fedos · 2012-02-21 04:56 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  It's a mutant space goat. We better get the telephone cleaners and hair dressers loaded onto B Ark.
4. Re:the moon is growing by Beardo+the+Bearded · 2012-02-21 05:14 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  I'm not worried. The last time any Gods showed up, we killed it -- nailed the fucking thing to a cross and let it bleed to death. This was during the Roman Empire when the highest technology was what, a slightly faster chariot? A Galleon with archers on deck?
  It's 2012. We've got battleships, satellites, hypersonic jet aircraft, helicopter gunships, atomic weapons, and a grudge deeper than Mariana's Trench.
  You want to destroy the Earth? Well, you'll have to get through us first.
  
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5. Re:the moon is growing by tom17 · 2012-02-21 05:15 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  We need to make sure that when we get there, we have a good infrastructure of lawyers, big media execs and politicians.
6. Re:the moon is growing by dkleinsc · 2012-02-21 05:24 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Don't forget banking and finance. They definitely need capital markets if they're going to accomplish anything. After all, without the possibility of great monetary reward, there's no way anybody would bother to build a shelter for themselves or gather fruit to eat.
  
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Until proven otherwise by Anonymous Coward · 2012-02-21 04:25 · Score: 1, Funny

I will assume that it is no moon, but is, in fact, a battle station.
Yeah, yeah. by pushing-robot · 2012-02-21 04:25 · Score: 5, Funny

We all know this is just marketing for Iron Sky.

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Only mostly dead? by Galaga88 · 2012-02-21 04:32 · Score: 5, Funny

Science Max: It just so happens that your moon here is only MOSTLY dead. There's a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there's usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Moontoya: What's that?
Science Max: Go through its craters and look for loose helium-3.
Re:Major nerd points lost. by Gideon+Wells · 2012-02-21 04:33 · Score: 5, Funny

Oh sure, hold up the 1:4:9s as the standard of beauty. Anorexic slabs. Its bad enough that they go through purge cycles. Just look at what they did to Jupiter. Now if they maintained a healthy mass...

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Re:Moon... dead? by chill · 2012-02-21 04:37 · Score: 2, Funny

Its not fooling anyone, you know? The moon'll be stone dead in a moment.

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Upgraded by MadKeithV · 2012-02-21 04:53 · Score: 3, Funny

The moon has been upgraded from "harmless" to "mostly harmless" then?
Isn't that kind of how trenches work? by davidbrit2 · 2012-02-21 05:41 · Score: 4, Funny

...small, narrow trenches typically much longer than they are wide.
Well yeah, if they aren't, we just call them "holes".